We just published an article in Research in Transportation Business and Management (RTBM). It’s called Fleet management for rail car transport of ethanol.
The “we” is Khalid Bachkar, Idrissu Aminu, Atif Osmani, and me.
The link here is good for 30 days; you can read for free. We hope you enjoy it.
Posted in Logistics, My Research, Supply Chains
Tagged agriculture, biofuel, ethanol, Logistics, operations, Rail, research, scholarship, supply chains, trains, transportation
Got this story by way of the Loadstar.
Reading the story I am impressed by the level of incompetence management showed. But in the view of the traveler (customer) the union will be blamed. So more anti-union sentiment will be generated.
In this case it is clearly a management mess-up. Why shouldn’t the union call them out? Why should the union go overboard to help management out of the mess? Why should temporary and part time workers get overtime pay for standard hours (for airline crews) in violation of the union contract?
What customers see is a flight that is canceled. If management says “It’s the union’s fault!” it would be lying. Laying blame on the union is not fair.
Posted in Labor Economics, Logistics, Production Operations
Tagged airlines, economics, Jobs, transportation, unions
Good article by Jason Jiang. It seems like businessmen will be businessmen anywhere. Regulation is sometimes necessary.
via Investigation finds China’s top ports have been ripping off shipping lines for years – Splash 247
Posted in Logistics, Ports, Shipping, Supply Chains
Tagged China, economics, ports, Shipping, transportation
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